System Technology for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Fuel Cell Science and Engineering: Materials, Processes, Systems and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 963-1010

  Minh, Nguyen Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Power generation; Power system design; Solid oxide fuel cells; System configurations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885739802     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527650248.ch33     Document Type: Chapter

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